THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA 
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thing in readiness for the annual fall ex- 
hibition, to he held this year in Drinkwater's 
Hall, at Greenwich, Conn., October 31 and 
November 1. An attractive schedule of 121 
classes has been prepared and is ready for 
distribution. Valuable prizes of cash, cups, 
silverware and cut glass articles arc in- 
cluded in the premium list, and we antici- 
pate a tine display of plants, flowers, fruits 
and vegetables, as well as examples of the 
gardener's decorative art. 
J. H. Troy, of New Rochelle, X. Y., and 
F. E. Conine, of Stratford, Conn., were 
visitors, and each in turn addressed the 
meeting briefly. The judges made the fol- 
lowing awards: Wm. Graham, cultural cer- 
tificate for a handsome vase of Bouvardia; 
Robt. Grusmert was highly commended for 
display of carnations; Anthron Pederson 
was highly commended for display of roses 
in 10 vases, and was also given a vote of 
thanks for a box of grapes and a vase of 
carnations and petunias. P. W. I'opp re- 
ceived high commendation for a display of 
gladioli, a certificate of merit having been 
previously awarded. 
The next meeting will be held November 
10, when the nominations for officers for 
11117 will be in order. A full attendance is 
desired. 1'. W. POPP, Cor. Sec'y. 
OYSTER BAY (N. Y.) SHOW. 
The annual Fall Flower Show of 1916 was 
the most successful exhibit in the history of 
the Oyster Bay Horticultural Society. The 
classes were well tilled and the exhibits 
were meritorious, showing the great interest 
manifested by the members. The prizes 
were donated by A. G. Hodenpyl, M. L. 
Schiff, George Oakes, J. Stuart Blackton, 
Mrs. \Y. R. Coe, J. C. Moore, Wm. L. Swan, 
H. C. Smith and others. Jos. Robinson, 
Superintendent on W. R. Coe's estate, won 
one of the trophies for the necessary time- 
to have it become his property and was the 
greatest winner in the show, getting 41 
firsts aside from the trophy. His exhibits 
were flowers and vegetables. His competi- 
tors in the vegetable classes were George 
Wilson, of the Taylor estate. Jericho; Wm 
Garvin, of the Hodenpyl estate, Locust 
Valley, and Michael O'Neill, of the Strauss 
estate. Cove Neck. The principal exhibitors 
in the flower department were Duncan Bea- 
ton, of Mortimer L. Schiff 's estate, John 
Devine, of James A. Blair's estate. Alfred 
Walker, of Howard C. Smith's estate, James 
Duckham. of R. F. Whitney's estate, Frank 
Kyle, of the Tiffany estate. 
Frank Gale, of Syosset, John T. Ingram 
and George Wilson competed for table 
decoration in which competition Mr. Gale 
won with Ingrain second. 
James Duthie's display of dahlias was 
one of the attractions. He had 120 varieties 
but did not enter the show as a competitor, 
coming in on the meritorious class, anil win- 
ning the gold medal presented by the Ameri- 
can Dahlia Association. 
An Interesting 
Greenhouse Instance 
THE selecting and buying of a U-Bar 
greenhouse, if you did but know 
it, is quite as simple and easy as 
the buying of an auto. Take, for ex- 
ample, the subject above. 
One of our customers, seeing this gar- 
den, wanted to duplicate some features 
of it on his grounds, as a setting for 
his prospective greenhouse. 
But he couldn't quite see in his 
mind's eye, just how one of our houses 
would fit into the picture. 
So we took the garden photograph, 
transposed this greenhouse on it; had 
the artist plant in a few additional 
shrubs and trees, and this is the charm- 
ingly convincing result. 
The house is 50 feet long and 18 wide, 
and so placed that future additions can 
be added to advantage, both from the 
side of economy in building and that of 
securing the height of productiveness. 
In helping you in the selecting of a U- 
Bar greenhouse, where distance makes it 
possible, we are always glad to come 
right to your grounds and look the sit- 
uation over with you. Then we can 
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find out definitely exactly 
needs are. 
While there, we will take photographs 
of the location and of the nearby build- 
ings, and then our planning and design- 
ing experts will make up a plan and 
sketches of the completed building as 
it will look from different points of 
view. 
The workroom will be designed in har- 
mony with your other buildings. 
This U-Bar method of greenhouse pre- 
senting leaves very little to your im- 
agination, as far as the finished result 
is concerned. And as for the U-Bar 
construction itself, 't is distinctly dif- 
ferent from all others. 
Distinctive in its extreme lightness. 
Distinctive in its great endurance. 
Distinctive in its distinctive attractive- 
ness. 
Let us suggest that you send for 
our catalog, and then after looking 
through it, on hearing from you we will 
be glad to arrange for an appointment 
or carry the matter on by mail, just 
as you may incline. 
U-BAR GREENHOUSES 
THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF 
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 
Following a three months' summer sus- 
pension, tlie Horticultural Society of West- 
ern Pennsylvania convened for its Septem- 
ber session and the re-opening for the sea- 
son of 1916-17 at the Colonial-Annex Hotel, 
where the meetings will be held until further 
notice. There was no formal programme 
adherred to. the evening being devoted to a 
general discussion of plans for the coming 
year's work; the Flower Show under the 
auspices of the Garden Club of Allegheny 
County in which the society is to co-operate 
with the Florists' Club of Pittsburgh, and 
of dahlias and their culture, which was 
really scheduled as the subject for the meet- 
ing. Apropos of this there was a display of 
varied blooms by Mr. Adler of the North 
Side, a visitor by special invitation of the 
organization. While Mr. Adler's exhibition 
included some fine varieties, owing to the 
excessive heat and drought of the late sea- 
son, few were up to "concert pitch," so to 
speak. Vice President William Allen 
presided in the absence of David Fraser, who 
was in New York. 
NEW YORK STATE FEDERATION OF 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
A meeting of the State Federation o£ 
Horticultural Societies was held at the State 
Fair in Syracuse on September 14. 1910. 
Vice-President E. A. Bates, of Syracuse, 
presided. There was a good attendance at 
the meeting, and various reports were given 
on the work of the different committees dur- 
ing the past year. 
A committee consisting of Messrs. Mc- 
Carthy. Thorpe and White was appointed to 
draw up suitable resolutions on the death of 
President Wm. P. Easting. 
It was the opinion of the Federation that 
its work would be more effective if there 
were more meetings during the year. It was 
therefore voted to hold an annual meeting 
at the New York State Fair Grounds in 
Syracuse during State Fair Week, a second 
meeting at Cornell during Farmers' Week, 
a meeting in New York City during the 
Spring Flower Show, and a fourth meeting 
with some society of the Federation at such 
time as the President might designate. 
It was voted to provide for an executive 
board to consist of the President, Secretary 
and Treasurer of the State Federation of 
Horticultural Societies and the president of 
each affiliated society in the Federation. 
The officers elected for the ensuing year 
were as follows : 
President, F. R. Pierson, Tarrytowu. 
First Vice-President, Dr. E. A. Bates, 
Syracuse. 
Second Vice-President, George McCarthy, 
Syracuse. 
Third Vice-President, C. H. Viek, Roches- 
ter. 
Fourth Vice-President, George E. Thorpe, 
Syracuse. 
Fifth Vice-President, F. A. Danker, 
Albany. 
Secretary. E. A. White, Ithaca. 
Treasurer, W. A. Adams. Buffalo. 
E. A. WHITE, Secretary. 
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